{"id":2514,"date":"2026-09-13T13:51:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/?p=2514"},"modified":"2026-09-13T13:51:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:51:50","slug":"part-14-dorothy-bells-reopened-case-connected-julians-financial-schemes-to-a-death-but-denise-finally-revealed-the-secret-she-had-protected-for-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/?p=2514","title":{"rendered":"PART 14 \u2013 Dorothy Bell\u2019s Reopened Case Connected Julian\u2019s Financial Schemes to a Death, but Denise Finally Revealed the Secret She Had Protected for Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dorothy Bell had been buried for fourteen months.<\/p>\n<p>Until our family entered Julian\u2019s warehouse, her death belonged to a category nobody questioned: an older woman with heart disease whose health deteriorated and whose body eventually gave out.<\/p>\n<p>Her daughter, Angela Bell, had accepted that explanation because doctors had.<\/p>\n<p>Now she sat across from us in Harrison\u2019s office holding a photograph of her mother and trying to understand why Julian Carter\u2019s name appeared on Dorothy\u2019s pharmacy records.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI recommended him to her,\u201d Angela said.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody interrupted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI met him at a fundraiser. He was charming. He talked about helping older people organize their finances so their children wouldn\u2019t have to worry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom\u2019s eyes lowered.<\/p>\n<p>She recognized the language.<\/p>\n<p>Angela continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mother hated paperwork. Julian made her feel like accepting help was smart instead of weak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was another thing he understood.<\/p>\n<p>Pride.<\/p>\n<p>He never began by making people feel helpless.<\/p>\n<p>He began by making surrender feel efficient.<\/p>\n<p>Angela had brought emails.<\/p>\n<p>In the earliest, Dorothy sounded cheerful.<\/p>\n<p>Julian helped consolidate bills.<\/p>\n<p>Julian found an insurance product.<\/p>\n<p>Julian arranged automatic payments.<\/p>\n<p>Months later the tone changed.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m tired all the time.<\/p>\n<p>I keep forgetting things.<\/p>\n<p>Julian says I shouldn\u2019t drive.<\/p>\n<p>Julian thinks I need someone checking on me.<\/p>\n<p>Angela had lived four hours away.<\/p>\n<p>She called often.<\/p>\n<p>She visited monthly.<\/p>\n<p>It had not been enough.<\/p>\n<p>I knew exactly how that guilt felt.<\/p>\n<p>Angela looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were overseas?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you didn\u2019t know either?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Something eased in her face.<\/p>\n<p>Not relief.<\/p>\n<p>Recognition.<\/p>\n<p>The reopened medical review found that Dorothy had received the same sedative prescribed to Mom.<\/p>\n<p>She had also received medication capable of causing dizziness.<\/p>\n<p>Both were medically plausible.<\/p>\n<p>Both had been prescribed through telehealth accounts Julian helped manage.<\/p>\n<p>The question was whether the drugs were appropriate, improperly administered or deliberately misused.<\/p>\n<p>Dorothy\u2019s exhumation was authorized.<\/p>\n<p>We waited.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, investigators dug deeper into Christopher Dane, trustee of the policy that paid after Dorothy\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher initially denied knowing Julian well.<\/p>\n<p>Bank records disagreed.<\/p>\n<p>They had shared two businesses.<\/p>\n<p>They had transferred money repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p>And six days after the insurance payout, Christopher sent Julian $120,000 labeled consulting fee.<\/p>\n<p>A second transfer followed later.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher hired a criminal attorney.<\/p>\n<p>Then he started cooperating.<\/p>\n<p>His explanation was simple.<\/p>\n<p>He believed the policy was legitimate.<\/p>\n<p>Julian told him Dorothy wanted a trust to support distant relatives and charitable causes.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher agreed to act as trustee in exchange for management fees.<\/p>\n<p>After Dorothy died, Julian instructed him to move funds into several investment entities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he know the money was going to Julian?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt some point, certainly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why cooperate now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause people become very interested in truth when conspiracy charges are mentioned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christopher produced messages.<\/p>\n<p>One from Julian, sent before Dorothy died, read:<\/p>\n<p>Health worsening. Likely resolution this quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Resolution.<\/p>\n<p>That was the word he used for a human life.<\/p>\n<p>Another message, three weeks before Dorothy\u2019s death:<\/p>\n<p>Make sure policy paperwork is clean. No changes after event.<\/p>\n<p>Angela read it and left the room.<\/p>\n<p>Mom followed.<\/p>\n<p>I remained because I wanted to see every ugly thing.<\/p>\n<p>A third message referred to \u201ccaregiver continuity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Investigators traced the caregiver.<\/p>\n<p>Not a professional nurse.<\/p>\n<p>A woman named Sandra Pike who occasionally cleaned Dorothy\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra told police Julian began organizing Dorothy\u2019s pill container because he said Dorothy was forgetting doses.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra had once noticed two pills of the same type in an evening compartment.<\/p>\n<p>She removed one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did that happen?\u201d Ellison asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe a month before she passed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you tell anyone?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJulian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat Dorothy must have doubled it herself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sandra believed him.<\/p>\n<p>Why wouldn\u2019t she?<\/p>\n<p>He was the responsible financial adviser who visited frequently.<\/p>\n<p>The person everyone thought was helping.<\/p>\n<p>Forensic toxicology after fourteen months could not answer every question, but Dorothy\u2019s preserved samples from her final hospitalization still existed.<\/p>\n<p>That became critical.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital had drawn blood when paramedics brought her in.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody ordered specialized toxicology then because there was no reason.<\/p>\n<p>Now those samples could be reexamined.<\/p>\n<p>Results would take time.<\/p>\n<p>While we waited, Denise Carter asked to meet Khloe.<\/p>\n<p>Khloe refused at first.<\/p>\n<p>Then Denise\u2019s attorney contacted Amelia.<\/p>\n<p>Denise wanted to provide information about Julian\u2019s earlier life in exchange for consideration in her own case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s bargaining,\u201d Khloe said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d Amelia replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter helping him run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter impersonating Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy should I listen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khloe thought for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Then she agreed.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting occurred at Amelia\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Mom stayed home.<\/p>\n<p>I went with Khloe.<\/p>\n<p>Denise entered looking ten years older than she had at Khloe\u2019s wedding.<\/p>\n<p>No makeup.<\/p>\n<p>Gray visible through her hair.<\/p>\n<p>She looked at Khloe\u2019s stomach and began crying.<\/p>\n<p>Khloe did not move toward her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou wanted to talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denise sat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn\u2019t information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denise flinched.<\/p>\n<p>Good.<\/p>\n<p>For years, people had apparently softened every edge for her.<\/p>\n<p>She deserved clarity.<\/p>\n<p>Her attorney placed a folder on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Denise began with Rebecca Lane.<\/p>\n<p>Julian\u2019s former partner.<\/p>\n<p>The mother of Ethan.<\/p>\n<p>Denise admitted she knew about the fraudulent credit cards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me Rebecca had agreed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you believe him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd later?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denise stared at her hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why did you call her unstable?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause she threatened to have him arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khloe\u2019s voice became almost calm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you punished her for telling the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denise cried.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She had helped Julian pay part of the debt.<\/p>\n<p>She had convinced Rebecca not to pursue additional charges by promising Julian would leave her alone.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca left anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Denise considered the problem solved.<\/p>\n<p>Then came Stephanie, the fianc\u00e9e Peter remembered.<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie also accused Julian of taking money.<\/p>\n<p>Denise dismissed her.<\/p>\n<p>There had always been an explanation.<\/p>\n<p>A misunderstanding.<\/p>\n<p>A vindictive girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>A failed business.<\/p>\n<p>A lender who changed terms.<\/p>\n<p>A client who forgot authorizing something.<\/p>\n<p>Julian never had one enormous scandal.<\/p>\n<p>He had dozens of small stories, each requiring only a little belief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did you know he was dangerous?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>Denise looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>The question frightened her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDangerous?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou heard me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her attorney whispered something.<\/p>\n<p>Denise shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. I\u2019m answering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked at Khloe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter Dorothy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room went silent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew Dorothy Bell?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough Julian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denise\u2019s hands trembled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter she died, he came to my house with champagne.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khloe stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said a major investment had finally paid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he say insurance?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen did you learn?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMonths later. I found documents in his car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said Dorothy had arranged everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you believe him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denise began crying harder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khloe leaned back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you helped him do the same thing to Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know he was doing the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou pretended to be her for an insurance company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me the policy was Martha\u2019s idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew he had lied before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew Dorothy had died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew he benefited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you still did it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denise closed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That single answer seemed to cost her more than all the crying.<\/p>\n<p>Then she told us about the notebook.<\/p>\n<p>Julian had shown her calculations after Dorothy died.<\/p>\n<p>Not names.<\/p>\n<p>Numbers.<\/p>\n<p>He called it \u201cestate arbitrage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said older clients often had underused assets and poorly structured insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Denise told herself it was financial planning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did MED mean?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou expect us to believe that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI truly don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about the dates?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never saw those.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khloe spoke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat secret did you bring us here to tell?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denise looked at her attorney.<\/p>\n<p>Then back at us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJulian had another storage space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harrison, who had been silent, leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot Georgetown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She provided an address in Round Rock.<\/p>\n<p>A climate-controlled storage facility.<\/p>\n<p>Unit rented under Denise\u2019s maiden name.<\/p>\n<p>She had paid the bill for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJulian said it held business archives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you ever go inside?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you see?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoxes. Electronics. Medical supplies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My pulse changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat medical supplies?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPill organizers. Blood-pressure cuffs. Gloves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She swallowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd prescription bottles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police obtained a warrant.<\/p>\n<p>The unit was searched that evening.<\/p>\n<p>The contents made the Georgetown warehouse look almost ordinary.<\/p>\n<p>There were files belonging to Dorothy Bell.<\/p>\n<p>Eleanor Price.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Greene.<\/p>\n<p>Mom.<\/p>\n<p>Several deceased clients.<\/p>\n<p>Boxes contained unused medication.<\/p>\n<p>Old prescription bottles.<\/p>\n<p>Insurance brochures.<\/p>\n<p>Copies of death certificates.<\/p>\n<p>Blank power-of-attorney forms.<\/p>\n<p>Notary templates.<\/p>\n<p>And dozens of handwritten notes.<\/p>\n<p>One plastic container held transdermal patches matching the medication prescribed to Mom.<\/p>\n<p>Another contained sedatives.<\/p>\n<p>Some labels belonged to Dorothy.<\/p>\n<p>Some to Martha.<\/p>\n<p>Some to people investigators had not identified.<\/p>\n<p>Ellison called me from the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not interpret this yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow am I supposed to interpret prescription bottles with my mother\u2019s name hidden in his storage unit?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs evidence that requires laboratory analysis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom listened beside me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ellison hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a binder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat binder?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInsurance outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The binder tracked policies.<\/p>\n<p>Approved.<\/p>\n<p>Denied.<\/p>\n<p>Pending.<\/p>\n<p>Lapsed.<\/p>\n<p>Paid.<\/p>\n<p>Dorothy Bell\u2019s policy was marked PAID.<\/p>\n<p>Beside it:<\/p>\n<p>750K.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher.<\/p>\n<p>Dist 40%.<\/p>\n<p>Mom\u2019s first policy was marked APPROVED.<\/p>\n<p>1M.<\/p>\n<p>Khloe.<\/p>\n<p>The second:<\/p>\n<p>PENDING MED.<\/p>\n<p>2M.<\/p>\n<p>CFLT.<\/p>\n<p>Mom gripped the counter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDist forty percent?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harrison answered quietly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDistribution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julian apparently expected forty percent of Dorothy\u2019s payout through Christopher.<\/p>\n<p>Three hundred thousand dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Almost exactly what bank records showed moving into Julian-related entities.<\/p>\n<p>He had documented his share.<\/p>\n<p>The laboratory analysis became urgent.<\/p>\n<p>The next morning, Denise was arrested on charges related to identity impersonation and obstruction.<\/p>\n<p>Her cooperation might affect the outcome later.<\/p>\n<p>But cooperation did not erase what she had done.<\/p>\n<p>Khloe did not visit her.<\/p>\n<p>Instead she called Rebecca.<\/p>\n<p>Their conversation lasted nearly an hour.<\/p>\n<p>I heard only pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan likes baseball.<\/p>\n<p>The baby is due in January.<\/p>\n<p>No, I don\u2019t expect anything.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe someday.<\/p>\n<p>When Khloe finished, she was crying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebecca said Ethan can decide when he\u2019s older whether he wants contact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat sounds reasonable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe sent me a picture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She showed me.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan had Julian\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n<p>That hurt her.<\/p>\n<p>Then she smiled through tears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has Rebecca\u2019s smile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, Dorothy Bell\u2019s preserved hospital sample returned from toxicology.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Ellison came to the house personally.<\/p>\n<p>Angela Bell joined by video.<\/p>\n<p>He did not sit until everyone else had.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe laboratory found a concentration of sedative medication significantly higher than the therapeutic range.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Angela made a small sound.<\/p>\n<p>Ellison continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey also detected scopolamine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom\u2019s hand found mine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas Dorothy prescribed it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo active prescription existed at the time of death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Angela whispered, \u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means she had a drug in her system that her medical records do not show she should have been taking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid it kill her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot say that by itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dorothy had heart disease.<\/p>\n<p>She had multiple medications.<\/p>\n<p>The interaction could have contributed to respiratory depression, confusion, falls and cardiovascular stress.<\/p>\n<p>The medical examiner reopened the cause and manner of death.<\/p>\n<p>It was no longer safely categorized as natural without further review.<\/p>\n<p>Then Ellison turned to Mom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tested the medication recovered from Julian\u2019s storage unit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bottle labeled with Martha\u2019s name contained the prescribed sedative.<\/p>\n<p>But several pills in another container were a stronger dosage than Mom had ever been prescribed.<\/p>\n<p>The scopolamine patches were genuine.<\/p>\n<p>Khloe covered her face.<\/p>\n<p>Mom sat very still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould he have done to me what happened to Dorothy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ellison did not answer immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe now have evidence that he possessed medications connected to both of you, documented symptoms, pursued insurance coverage and financially benefited after Dorothy\u2019s death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn\u2019t what I asked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His voice softened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still cannot know exactly what he would have done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom nodded.<\/p>\n<p>That was enough.<\/p>\n<p>Julian\u2019s attorney received notice that prosecutors were presenting additional evidence to a grand jury.<\/p>\n<p>The charges under consideration had changed.<\/p>\n<p>Fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Identity theft.<\/p>\n<p>Financial exploitation.<\/p>\n<p>Forgery.<\/p>\n<p>Burglary.<\/p>\n<p>Those remained.<\/p>\n<p>Now investigators were examining offenses related to Dorothy Bell\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>And potentially attempted harm against Mom.<\/p>\n<p>That evening I found Martha on the patio.<\/p>\n<p>The same stones she had been scrubbing when I returned.<\/p>\n<p>She stood with bare feet on the warm flagstone and looked toward the roses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kept thinking I was weak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou weren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I started to object.<\/p>\n<p>She raised a hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I was weak, Natalie. I was afraid of making Khloe choose between us. So I stayed quiet when I should have spoken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean what he did was my fault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI finally understand the difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The brass wind chime moved above us.<\/p>\n<p>She smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish your father could see this place again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019d complain about the property taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe absolutely would.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My phone rang.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison.<\/p>\n<p>The grand jury had returned indictments.<\/p>\n<p>Julian would face the financial charges.<\/p>\n<p>The identity offenses.<\/p>\n<p>The forged trust documents.<\/p>\n<p>The insurance schemes.<\/p>\n<p>And one charge none of us had expected to hear so soon.<\/p>\n<p>Murder.<\/p>\n<p>Dorothy Bell\u2019s death was no longer being treated as an unfortunate ending Julian happened to profit from.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors believed they could prove he had helped cause it.<\/p>\n<p>Mom closed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Then Harrison added one more thing.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believed the evidence involving Martha supported an attempted-murder charge as well.<\/p>\n<p>The two letters on Julian\u2019s spreadsheet finally had a meaning prosecutors were prepared to argue in court.<\/p>\n<p>MED had never been about taking care of my mother.<\/p>\n<p>It had been about controlling how long she remained healthy enough to control herself.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thechapterstory.online\/?p=2515\">Click here to continue reading: PART 15: When Julian Finally Faced Trial, Every Person He Had Kept Apart Entered the Same Courtroom and Made His Favorite Defense Impossible<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dorothy Bell had been buried for fourteen months. 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